
Our board of directors are community leaders highly invested in Spark the Journey’s success.
They meet quarterly to provide strategic oversight of our program, participate in fundraising on Spark’s behalf, attend student and mentor events, and find other ways to leverage their skills, experiences, and networks to support our mission.
All board members make monetary contributions each year.
Theodore A. Schwab
Co-Founder & Chairman Emeritus,
Founding Partner & Managing Director, Steward Partners Global Advisory
The Honorable Mary K. Bush
Board Chair President and Founder
Bush International, LLC
Carol Adelman, PH.D.
Director, The Hudson Institute Center for Global Prosperity
Johnson Bademosi
NFL athlete and Spark, Gonzaga, and Stanford alum
John A. Bates
Partner, Potomac Equity Partners
Cathy Bernasek
Independent Consultant in the Nonprofit Sector
Gina Coburn
Founder, RallySkin.com
J. Warren Gorrell, Jr.
CEO Emeritus and Partner, Hogan Lovells
Dorothy Helfenstein
Independent Consultant/Senior Advisor in the Government Consulting Sector
Sarah Iddrissu
Chief of Staff to Congressman Jamaal Bowman
Margot Machol Bisnow
Author, Raising an Entrepreneur
James E. Nevels
Founder & Chairman, The Swarthmore Group
Charles Rossotti
Senior Advisor, The Carlyle Group
Macani Toungara
Director, Social and Environmental Responsibility at Dell Technologies
Dennis Via
Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton
Ambassador Michael M. Wood
Chairman, Redwood Investments, LLC